Simon Blackburn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He was Edna J. Doury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, and from 1969 to 1990 was a Fellow and Tutor at Pembroke College, Oxford. He is the author of The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy and the best-selling Think and Being Good, among other books.
Everyone deplores narcissism, especially in others. The vain are by turns annoying or absurd, offending us whether they are blissfully oblivious or proudly aware of their behavior. But are narcissism and vanity really as bad as they seem? Can we avoid them even if we try? In Mirror, Mirror, Simon Blackburn, the author of such best-selling philosophy books as Think, Being Good, and Lust, says that narcissism, vanity, pride, and self-esteem are more complex than they first appear and have innumerable good and bad forms. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, literature, history, and popular culture, Blackburn offers an enlightening and entertaining exploration of self-love, from the myth of Narcissus and the Christian story of the Fall to today's self-esteem industry.
A sparkling mixture of learning, humor, and style, Mirror, Mirror examines what great thinkers have said about self-love--from Aristotle, Cicero, and Erasmus to Rousseau, Adam Smith, Kant, and Iris Murdoch. It considers today's "me"-related obsessions, such as the "selfie," plastic surgery, and cosmetic enhancements, and reflects on connected phenomena such as the fatal commodification of social life and the tragic overconfidence of George W. Bush and Tony Blair. Ultimately, Mirror, Mirror shows why self-regard is a necessary and healthy part of life. But it also suggests that we have lost the ability to distinguish--let alone strike a balance--between good and bad forms of self-concern.
本书作者是英语哲学家、学者、评论家,西蒙•克莱克本。曾被美国教育界评为“全球50位健在殿堂级哲学家TOP3”。作者指出,一方面过度的关注自我是有害的,如道德哲学家们对自我的差评,另一方面,没有自我意识又是恐怖的,如不知道自己是谁,艺术家会失去自己的个性。正如作...
評分看到作者的自序中写到当他看到写有“你值得拥有”的广告词时,我就决定绝不会在末尾写值得一看 我们在日常生活中有时候会听到自我二字,但什么是自我,我们见仁见智,不同的人有不同的想法,正如书中所说,但是以自开头的词语大都离不开自己的态度,有人认为关注自我会带来错觉...
評分看到作者的自序中写到当他看到写有“你值得拥有”的广告词时,我就决定绝不会在末尾写值得一看 我们在日常生活中有时候会听到自我二字,但什么是自我,我们见仁见智,不同的人有不同的想法,正如书中所说,但是以自开头的词语大都离不开自己的态度,有人认为关注自我会带来错觉...
評分你值得拥有,这个欧洲最知名的化妆品广告词,你听了或许不止100次,有什么想法?你可能会买它的化妆品,希望可以光彩照人。英国72岁全球知名的哲学家,却想到把过去自己支离破碎的想法汇结成书,作思想上的亮光,去照耀人类内心复杂的自豪感、虚荣心、自尊心、欲望、贪婪。。。...
評分第一次看到《你就要很独特》就书名我以为这是一本人生鸡汤,但是当你开始阅读便会发现原来并非如此。说句实话,《你就要很独特》对于我来说并不是一本通俗心理学读物,并且还有些许无聊。但是当我开始做读书笔记和摘抄的时候却发现自己马克了很多段落。 全书运用了大量古今哲学...
本站所有內容均為互聯網搜索引擎提供的公開搜索信息,本站不存儲任何數據與內容,任何內容與數據均與本站無關,如有需要請聯繫相關搜索引擎包括但不限於百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美書屋 版权所有